'1917' tops the Official Film Chart on downloads alone

Sam Mendes’ BAFTA-winning 1917 continues to be a big hit with the British public as it debuts in the number one slot on the Official Film Chart from digital sales only.

The homegrown hit starring George MacKay and Dean Charles Chapman was a box office sensation earlier this year taking over £46 million at the UK box office alone.

The action-packed WW1 film, filmed to look like one long take, held off stiff competition from Pixar’s Onward which debuted at number two – also on digital sales only – in the chart that tallies physical and digital film sales.

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The animated fantasy adventure had its home entertainment release was brought forward by eight weeks after its theatrical release was curtailed by cinemas closing in response to the coronavirus pandemic.